Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) lip (b) cup (c) bat
- 2.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) zip (b) net (c) bat
- 4.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 5.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) run (c) ten
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bug (b) six (c) hen
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) nut (c) map
- 9.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) six (c) leg
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) log (b) lip (c) gem
- 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) fox (c) red
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) log (c) cat
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) cap (b) tub (c) fox
- 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) pin (c) bus
- 15.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cat (c) lip
- 16.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) bat (c) red
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) box (b) cup (c) map
- 18.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) bug (c) zip
- 19.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) fox (c) pin
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pan (b) pin (c) run
- 21.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pan (c) leg
- 22.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) bus (c) web
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) leg (c) cup
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) cap (b) box (c) sun
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) map (b) hen (c) pin
- 27.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 28.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) leg (b) can (c) dog
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) six (b) gem (c) bus
- 31.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) fox (b) bug (c) pig
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) zip (b) sun (c) cat
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) pin (b) bug (c) box
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) nut (b) rat (c) zip
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pin (b) pen (c) van
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) net (b) cup (c) cat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) pin (b) dog (c) bag
- 39.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) run (b) bat (c) pen
Answer key
- bat
- u
- zip
- u
- a
- run
- six
- map
- hug
- log
- hat
- cat
- tub
- box
- lip
- bat
- map
- net
- fox
- pan
- pan
- a
- web
- leg
- box
- hen
- a
- e
- dog
- bus
- u
- fox
- sun
- bug
- nut
- pen
- cat
- pin
- o
- pen
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